Hiccup in BSNL's revival – BSNLEU writes to the Hon'ble MoC.

BSNL’s revival package was announced with much fanfare. Through the VRS-2019, nearly 80,000 employees are going to be sent home by January, 2020. Government has also allotted 4G spectrum to BSNL. However, the vendors, viz., ZTE, Nokia, etc., are not coming forward to upgrade BSNL’s BTSs, since BSNL has not paid the outstanding amount of around Rs.3,800 crores to these companies. BSNL is also not having the cash flow to pay electricity bills, clear contractors’ bills and contract workers’ wages, salary on time to the employees, remittance of the dues already deducted from employees’ salaries, etc. The next 3 to 4 months are going to be crucial for BSNL. The Company needs short term financial help to tide over this financial strain. Otherwise, BSNL’s revival will remain as a distant dream, despite the revival package given by the government. BSNLEU has written to the Hon’ble Minister of Communications, soliciting his immediate intervention for helping BSNL to overcome the hiccup.